Psychologist CPD Requirements in Slovenia

Psychologists in Slovenia follow a CPD-based model rather than a fixed hour total. Clinical psychologist is a legally regulated healthcare profession in Slovenia (protected specialist title). Entry path: a 2nd-Bologna-cycle (5-year/master's) psychology degree, then a healthcare traineeship (pripravništvo) concluded with a professional examination (strokovni izpit), then a four-year specialization in clinical psychology ending with a specialist examination (specialistični izpit), all governed by the Ministry of Health in cooperation with the ZKPS. Continuing professional development is a statutory RIGHT AND DUTY of health workers under ZZDej Art. 70 (stalno strokovno izpopolnjevanje), and the ZKPS organizes ongoing training (modules run at least every four years). However, NO fixed mandatory CPD credit/hour total and NO operational point-based periodic re-licensing cycle specific to clinical psychologists is published in accessible official sources: the ZKPS has no public authorization to license, its 2026 Statute contains no licence/credit-point scheme, and none of the Chamber's public materials reference licence renewal. The 7-year healthcare licence (licenca) framework introduced for health workers by the 2017 ZZDej-K amendment exists in law and is administered by the Ministry of Health for professions without their own licensing chamber, but its concrete application (defined credit quota + renewal) to clinical psychologists is not documented as operational as of July 2026.

Slovenia does not mandate specific CE subjects for Psychologist beyond the general requirement — any board-approved continuing education generally counts. Always confirm with the regulator.

Generally yes — Slovenia does not require live or interactive hours for Psychologist, so approved online / home-study CE can typically satisfy the requirement. Home-study note: Not specified. No published statutory CPD credit total exists for clinical psychologists, so there is no numeric home-study/online cap. ZKPS-organized training and supervision are the main recognized CPD forms..

The task's premise of a common '7-year licence cycle' in Slovene healthcare is correct as a legal framework: the 2017 ZZDej-K amendment established a licence (licenca) for independent work in healthcare, valid 7 years and renewable through continuing professional development, with the Ministry of Health acting as licensing authority for health professions that lack a chamber holding public authorization. For physicians/dentists (Zdravniška zbornica) and nurses/midwives (Zbornica zdravstvene in babiške nege Slovenije) the point-based 7-year relicensing is fully operational. For clinical psychologists the framework is not confirmed as an active, quantified relicensing scheme: the ZKPS is expressly a voluntary body without javno pooblastilo (confirmed in its 2026 Statute and site) and does not run licensing; the state regulates entry (specialization + strokovni izpit) rather than a published periodic CPD quota. General 'psychologist' is unregulated (no Psychology Act, no chamber); only clinical psychology within healthcare is regulated. Confidence is medium precisely because a specific mandatory hour/credit figure and confirmed cycle for THIS profession could not be verified in official sources.